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  • To serve as a source of information on recommended ethnic collections, services, and programs.
  • To organize task forces, institutes, and workshops to carry out the functions of the Round Table as defined in the petition.
  • To develop for Annual conferences forums and symposia programs that deal with the key issues of ethnicity and librarianship.
  • To maintain a liaison with the Office of Library Outreach Services and cooperate with other ALA units, including the caucuses in joint projects for the betterment of outreach services.
  • To disseminate the work of the Round Table through a program of publications

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USBBY program @ALA Annual on AAPI Literature for Youth

  • 1.  USBBY program @ALA Annual on AAPI Literature for Youth

    Posted Jun 06, 2023 02:13 PM

    Going to Annual in Chicago? Add this presentation to your schedule! 

    photographs of panelists

    Stop AAPI Hate recorded more than 11,000 instances of anti-Asian hate crimes between March 2020 and March 2022. With this worldwide rise happening at the same time as the increasing publications of excellent Asian American youth literature, USBBY, the U.S. national section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), will offer an opportunity to more deeply understand Asian American and Pacific Islanders cultures, histories, and communities, and their representations in media for children. This panel will include a discussion from a range of perspectives including Asian American and Pacific Islander authors, illustrators, librarians, and scholars. Moderated by Dora Ho, retired Young Adult Librarian at Los Angeles Public Library and Past-President of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), the panel will include Dr. Junko Yokota, Executive Director of USBBY and professor emeritus at National Louis University with award-winning children's book authors Rajani LaRocca, Linda Sue Park, and Mihn Lê. USBBY was founded to promote international understanding and good will through books for children and adolescents.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Recognize and understand the discrimination and crimes against Asian Americans Encourage inclusive collections that include Asian and Pacific Islander literature.
    • Provide awareness of Asian American and Pacific Islanders' issues and representations in media for children.
    • Encourage inclusive collections that include Asian and Pacific Islander literature


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    Robin Gibson, she/her/hers
    Northwest Branch/Early Literacy Center Manager
    Fairfield County District Library
    Carroll, Ohio

    ALSC representative to USBBY, 2023-24
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